Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] five [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Golden shares will prevent the French water companies that have been investing in the British water industry from bidding outright for five years . |
| 2 | And friendship with Clan Diarmaid , that we 've been fighting off and on for five generations ! |
| 3 | Let him go ’ , so the interpreter sat down and M. Ver carried on for five minutes more . |
| 4 | Just leave lotion on for five minutes . |
| 5 | Efforts to procure his extradition , which have been going on for five years , and which seemed for a time to have been successful , have now been thwarted , at least for the moment . |
| 6 | Is he aware that the negotiations have been going on for five years , that we must have a replacement for the multi-fibre arrangement that will enable our textiles to penetrate the markets of countries which do not allow any textiles in and those with tariffs of 200 per cent. , and that even the United States has a tariff of 36 per cent . |
| 7 | The conflict has already dragged on for five years ; thousands have died . |
| 8 | ‘ Got to observe strict ARP , you see , Miss , though here we are gettin' on for five months of war and not a peep out of a Jerry plane . |
| 9 | So the usual thing eventually after five months waiting for payment is to find out the bloody solicitor that told them this you see and inform the the solicitors that er his client has not yet paid us and we it ought to be done and eventually that 's how we get the money . |
| 10 | Brian Tustian , who has farmed organically for five years is looking forward to the opportunity of dealing with his customers personally : it gives him a chance to put the case for organic produce himself , and he can cope better with the variable quantity of his supplies at a market . |
| 11 | I have thought so through five years of opposition and 12 years on the Government side . |
| 12 | Only for five minutes . |
| 13 | Only for five years between 1945 and 1983 has approval for the Prime Minister exceeded that of his party by more than 10 per cent , and Harold Wilson , and Harold Macmillan are the only post-war premiers to have retained the support of 50 per cent or more of the electorate for two successive years . |
| 14 | Of these , one , the Office of Wards , survived into the seventeenth century ; another , the powerful Surveyor of the King 's Prerogative , lasted only for five years . |
| 15 | This is expressly ruled out in the Act , but only for five years , although the Conservative Education Association recommended that the period should be ten years . |
| 16 | Now Mr Davies is told the gypsies can stay , but only for five years . |
| 17 | Under the so-called cost floor rule , discounts are restricted according to the level of outstanding debt on the house , but only for five years . |
| 18 | Follow up was annually for five years and then less often for up to seven years four months . |
| 19 | It authorized $5 million annually for five years ( later extended to 1964 ) to support research , provide technical assistance to public and private organizations , and provide for the training of technical personnel . |
| 20 | She nodded grave acknowledgement of all my instructions , then disappeared below for five minutes , eventually returning swathed in one of the vast , padded and multi-layered foul-weather coats , and carrying a mug of coffee . |
| 21 | He strolled up and down for five minutes then , on the dot of ten , dropped the fat envelope through the letter-box of the apartment-house . |
| 22 | She wanted to wash her face and hands in cold water , if possible to lie down for five minutes . |
| 23 | Mum will you sit down for five minutes . |
| 24 | to sit down for five minutes after the tea , no the other one was , is that the biggest one ? , thanks , there you are |
| 25 | So I 've got time to sit down for five minutes before we go out ai n't I ? |
| 26 | I could n't lie down for five weeks ! |
| 27 | He was gone perhaps for five minutes . |
| 28 | So for five years , for that is the gestation period recommended for the proposals to prove their effectiveness , tour-day cricket is ordained for the promotion of spin and a wicket-taking approach to bowling , and the enhancement of batsmen 's application and technique . |
| 29 | Hobhouse began keeping a diary during his round-the-world honeymoon in 1893 and continued to do so for five years . |
| 30 | Each coat is liberally applied , allowed to soak in for five minutes and then carefully mopped dry — on no account leave liquid oil on the surface to dry . |